Dr. Bryan Dorsey, Professor and Dept. Chair

Current research interests include environment and society, land use and transportation planning, sustainable development, and Africa.

Office: SS 316

Phone: (801) 626-6944

Email: bdorsey@weber.edu

Courses Taught at Weber State University

GEOGR PS 1000 Natural Environments of the Earth

GEOGR SS/DV 1300 Places & Peoples of the World

GEOGR 3060 World Environmental Issues

GEOGR 3500 Geography of Utah

GEOGR 3740 Geography of Africa

GEOGR 4410 Land Use Planning Techniques and Practices

GEOGR 4420 Advanced Planning Techniques

GEOGR 4950 Advanced Regional Field Studies

GEOGR 4990 Senior Research Seminar

Current Research

Land use and transportation planning:

Most recent research has focused on inadequacies of parking requirements and mass transit incentive programs. He is also interested in researching the impacts of urban and suburban growth on farmers, agricultural land use practices (Wasatch Front, Utah), and open space preservation mitigation measures.

Sustainable development:

Research in this area focuses on the cultural, socio-economic, and environmental aspects of development, particularly agricultural development. He continues to study sustainable development based on field work from the Kirinyaga District, in Central Province, Kenya where he surveyed smallholder farmers in an effort to better understand the dynamics of scale of production for diversified, low-external input agricultural production.

Geography education/service-learning:

Currently involved in developing service-learning partnerships with local agencies that deal with land use planning issues. Much of the course material emerging from this work focuses on sustainable land use practices.